1959 Chevrolet Apache 3100 Short Bed Step Side Pickup 1958 on 2040-cars

1959 Chevrolet Apache 3100, Short Bed, Step Side. Frame Off Restoration/Modification. Frame was blasted then modified to accept a Later Model Chevrolet V-8 Engine, Automatic Transmission, Transfer Case, and Later Model Z71 Close Ratio Power Steering Box. Then the frame was shot with a Sherwin/Williams Single Stage, Semi Flat, Catalyzed Urethane Paint. Factory front and rear axles were also swapped out with Later Model Chevrolet Truck Axles both of which are equipped with Disc Brakes. Exterior/Interior also Media Blasted, then finished in a Sherwin Williams Catalyzed Enamel- Color of GM's "Victory Red" and GM's "Summit White" Trim. Interior trim color is a Coarse Sparkling Flake, Base Coat-Clear Coat. The Custom Billet Aluminum Instrument Cluster is from Auto Meter. Shifters(2), Turbo 400 Kick Down Cable Kit, Accelerator Cable Kit, Reverse Light Switch Kit, Billet Aluminum inside Door Handle's & Window Crank handle's, and Billet Aluminum Rear View Mirror are all from Lokar. Tilt Wheel Steering Column is from Ididit. Grant Leather Wrapped Billet Steering Wheel. Classic Auto Air Conditioning and Heat. Power Windows controlled by the Billet Aluminum Window Crank Handle‘s. Intermittent Windshield Wipers/Washer‘s. Custom Built Leather Bench Seat flips forward for under seat storage. Late Model Style Carpet and Headliner. All Glass and Weather strip is new. Front and Rear Bumpers have been modified/smoothed. Underside of cab, inner fenders, underside of bed step's, underside of rear fenders, and bed walls have been media blasted, primed, and treated with Duraliner Bedliner. Floor of bed is Five Quarter, Rough Sawn, Red Oak Lumber treated with Ebony Stain, then Two Coat’s of heavy duty air dry urethane clear. All held in place with Stainless Steel Hardware. Halogen Headlights. Parking/Signal, Rear Brake/Signal, In Bumper Reverse Lights, and Dome Lights are all LED's. Late Model, Aftermarket, Twenty One Circuit, GM Truck Style, Wiring Harness. This Wire Harness has extra, optional circuit’s for future upgrades or addon’s.

GM Goodwrench 350 Four Bolt Main's 260 Horse Power Crate Engine with Iron Heads removed and replaced with a new set of GM Performance Aluminum Angle Plug Heads using an ARP Head Stud Kit. Topped with Chevrolet Corvette Center Bolt Valve Covers. Stock Camshaft was pulled and replaced with a slightly hotter camshaft, also from GM Performance Parts. Stock, Cast Iron, Four Barrel Intake was replaced with an early Edelbrock Tri Power Aluminum Manifold using three Original 1962 Chevrolet Tri Power Carburetors- One Primary, Two Outboard, Completely Rebuilt/Restored, and Re Jetted/Tuned to this engine using a modern, easily adjustable, progressive linkage, setup. You can bring in the Outboard Carburetors at different throttle positions with a Phillips Screwdriver and about twenty seconds. When the Outboard Carburetors come on line they feel like a 125hp Shot of Nitrous! Engine Power/Revs are Instantaneous. Air Cleaner is hand fabricated, starting with two Ford Tri Power, Blank Bottom Plates. Pete Jackson Gear Drive Timing Set. MSD 6A Ignition Box, Coil, Billet Distributor, and 8.5mm Plug Wires. Sanderson Short Style Header's; Jet Hot Coated, inside and out. Two and One Half Inch Straight Pipes all the way back and over the rear axle to a set of Cherry Bomb Glass Packs with Dual Seventeen Inch, Twin Chrome Slash Tip Resonators- The sound is excellent. Engine has never been on a Dyno but it should be putting out approximately 350+ Horse, 400+ ft. lbs. of Torque.

One Serpentine Belt Runs the Power Steering, Hydraboost/Hydraulic Power Brakes, Classic Air Conditioning Compressor, Water Pump, and One Wire Alternator. Griffin "Race" Aluminum Radiator with Engine Oil Cooler and Twin Electric Fans, all held in place with hand fabricated brackets/mounts and Stainless Steel Hardware. Two Separate Cooling Fan LED Lighted Switches are located on the dashboard. All Fuel Lines, Engine Oil Cooler Lines, Transmission Cooler Lines, Power Steering Lines, and Hydraboost Power Brake Lines are assembled using High Pressure, High Heat Resistant, Black, "AN" Lines and Fittings.

GM  Hydromantic Turbo 400 Transmission with a B&M Eleven Inch Heavy Duty Torque Converter and Shift Kit. Electric Stand Alone Transmission Fluid Cooler Unit mounted below the radiator with hand fabricated mounts/brackets using Stainless Steel Hardware. Dash mounted, LED Lighted, Transmission Cooling Fan Switch and B&M Transmission Temperature Gauge.